Checkrein-stop



(No Model.)

0. W. POMROY. GHEOKREIN STOP.

Patented June 29, 1897.

wuamtoz llirn CHARLES W. POMROY, OF ELYRIA, OHIO.

CHECKREIN==STOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,343, dated June 29,1897. Application filed February 24, 1896- Serial No. 580,387. (Nomodel.)

T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. POMROY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Checkrein-Stop for Harness for Horses, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for the purpose ofpreventing the end of the checkrein to the harness for horses from beingdetached or unfastened from the saddle-hook to the harness by the motionof the horses head; and the object of my improvement is to provide adevice that will effectually prevent the horse from unfastening hischeckrein from the saddle-hook, be simple and cheap, and so constructedas to be applied to all ordinary saddle-hooks with slight, if any,variation in construction. I attain these objects by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a view inperspective, showing the application of my invention to the ordinarysaddle-hook of a harness for horses. Fig. 2 shows a top view of myinvention applied to an ordinary saddle-hook. Fig. 3 is a front View ofsame, and Fig. 4is a side elevation of same.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throu ghout the several views.

A represents the saddle or pads to an ordinary harness for horses; B,the saddle or checkrein hook; O, the end or broken section of anordinary checkrein attached to the saddle-hook; a, a small piece ofrubber or other material of the form substantially shown in the drawingsor other suitable form and provided with a suitable transverse hole forreceiving the saddle-hook and also two small longitudinal holes or othersuitable device for the purpose of receiving the ends of a bent wire,which may be of spring-wire or otherwise and which I prefer to have bentin substantially the form. shown in the drawings. By means of the springin the wire, or elasticity in the piece a when made of rubber or otherelastic material, the outer and upper end of the wire is held close upagainst the under side of the hook B. The elasticity of the sides of therubber part a, when made of rubber, is sufficient to hold same securelyon the hook B, the transverse hole being made smaller than thesaddle-hook, and when said part a is made of other material it can besecured by any suitable means or even made a part of the hook B inmanufacture.

The operation of my invention is as followsi When the checkrein is puton the hook, theouter end of the wire I) is depressed and the checkreinis put on in the ordinary manner, and when it is desired to unfasten thecheckrein the outer end of the wire I) is again depressed and thecheckrein detached in the ordinary manner. When the checkrein is inplace and the horse throws up his head, the end of the rein willnaturally pass through the space between the sides of the wire I), andthe top of the Wire will prevent same from passing back and off of thehook, even if the force should be sufficient to depress the wire.Further, there is sufficient spring in the wire I) or in the rubber parta in all ordinary cases to prevent the end of the checkrein fromdepressing the outer end of the wire and passing off over the end of thesaddle-hook.

Having fully described my invention and its operations, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. An elastic piece a. provided with a suit able central transverse holeof proper size to tightly grip the saddle-hook near its base, andfurther provided with other suitable holes on opposite sides of saidtransverse hole and at about right angles thereto in combination withthe part b the ends of which are fastened in said last-mentioned twoholes and the outer end so formed that the sides will extend upward eachside of the lower side of said saddle-hook and the central part impingeagainst said saddle-hook, all in combination with the saddle-hook to aharness for horses, as above set forth and substantially as described.

2. A checkrein-stop consisting of an elastic piece or provided with asuitable transverse 9 hole to engage the saddle-hook near its base, awire secured to said elastic piece and eX- tending rearwardly andupwardly to the under side of said saddle-hook near its point, in

combination with said saddle-hook, all as above set forth andsubstantially as described.

CHARLES W. POMROY.

Witnesses:

CARRIE E. BUCKHOLD, W. L. FAY.

